Benefits of Dru Meditation

Coby Langford, Dru Yoga teacher trainer and osteopath

Dru Meditation

Mouli MacKenzie, above our Dru Yoga training centre

Benefits of Dru Meditation

Benefits of Dru Meditation

Science is now agreeing that meditation can be a powerful form of stress relief and can help general health. Hundreds of studies on meditation have been performed, and give an overwhelming picture of the value of meditation.

If you like the idea that Dru Meditation can help you feel less stressed, healthier and stronger in body and mind, then read on...

What are the benefits of Dru Meditation?

Meditation creates a unique hypo-metabolic state, in which the metabolism is in an even deeper state of rest than during sleep. During sleep, oxygen consumption drops by 8 percent, but during meditation, it drops by 10 to 20 percent.

Meditation is the only activity that reduces blood lactate, a marker of stress and anxiety.

The calming hormones melatonin and serotonin are increased by meditation, and the stress hormone cortisol is decreased.Meditators secrete more of the youth-related hormone DHEA as they age than non-meditators. Meditating forty-five-year-old males have an average of 23 percent more DHEA than non-meditators, and meditating females have an average of 47 percent more. This helps decrease stress, heighten memory, preserve sexual function, and control weight.

Meditation has a profound effect upon three key indicators of aging: hearing ability, blood pressure, and vision of close objects.